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Lyceums and Chautauquas - Key Figures and Related Subjects

Key Figures

Some important participants in the Chautauqua and Lyceum movements include:

Founder of the Lyceum:Josiah Holbrook
Founders of the Chautauqua Institution:John Heyl Vincent
Louis Miller
Redpath Lyceum Bureau:James Redpath
Keith Vawter
Circuit Chautauqua Speakers:William Jennings Bryan
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ida Tarbell
Mark Twain
Daniel Webster
Presidents who have spoken at the Chautauqua Institution:James Garfield
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft

Related Subjects

Additional topics related to the Chautauqua and Lyceum movements include the following:

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